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"In this splendid book a gifted observer and a terrific idea have come together in a real love match. In 1990, a century after the census bureau's famous observation of the frontier's imminent end, Dayton Duncan set out in an aging GMC Suburban to visit a large sampling of counties outside Alaska that have fewer than two persons per square mile--the bureau's old standard for places still in a frontier condition. There are 132 such counties. All are in the West. . . . The result of his tour is an insightful and entertaining book, troubling and funny and consistently illuminating. . . . Much of the book's charm comes from Duncan's sketches of people who choose to live 'miles from nowhere'--ranchers in the Nebraska sandhills, a New Mexican bar owner, a priest and United Parcel Service driver along the Texas-Mexico border, and the descendant of a Seminole Negro army scout in west Texas. In them he finds characteristics associated with the mythic frontier. . . . Great fun to read."--Montana Born and raised in a small town in Iowa, Dayton Duncan has been a reporter, humor columnist, editorial writer, chief of staff to a governor, and deputy press secretary for presidential campaigns. He lives in Walpole, New Hampshire. His books include Out West: An American Journey, also available in a Bison Books edition.

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  • Title Miles from Nowhere: Tales from America's Contemporary Frontier
  • Author Dayton Duncan
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Bison Book
  • Pages 336
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Bison Books, Lincoln, NE, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 2000-09-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780803266278 / 0803266278
  • Weight 1.03 lbs (0.47 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.04 x 6.03 x 0.78 in (22.96 x 15.32 x 1.98 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Western U.S.
  • Category Travel - General
  • Library of Congress subjects West (U.S.), Frontier and pioneer life - West (U.S.)
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 00033786
  • Dewey Decimal Code 917.804

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  • Reference and Research Bk News, 08/01/2001, Page 60

About the author

Born and raised in a small town in Iowa, Dayton Duncan has been a reporter, humor columnist, editorial writer, chief of staff to a governor, and deputy press secretary for presidential campaigns. He lives in Walpole, New Hampshire. His books include Out West: An American Journey, also available in a Bison Books edition.
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